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J&K on track to expand tourism sector with record arrivals in 2022

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Friday, 6 January 2023, 1:30 PM 387

Tourism is the major source of livelihood in Jammu and Kashmir. Millions of people are connected to this sector in one or the other way. The J&K government is giving full impetus to this sector to see the UT grow. During the previous three decades of terrorism, this sector faced a major crisis. Hotels, houseboats, […]Continue Reading

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Indonesia sets ambitious target for tourist arrivals in 2023

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Tuesday, 20 December 2022, 2:00 PM 1201

The Indonesian Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy is targeting 3.5 million – 7.4 million international tourist arrivals and 1.2 billion – 1.4 billion domestic tourist movements or trips in 2023, reports VNA. Foreign exchange from tourism is expected to reach 2.07 billion – 5.95 billion USD next year, Indonesia’s Deputy Minister Angela Tanoesoedibjo Continue Reading

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Thailand hits 10 million visitors in 2022 as tourism recovers

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Monday, 12 December 2022, 11:00 AM 319

Thailand celebrated the arrival of its 10 millionth international visitor of 2022 on Saturday (Dec 10), according to the tourism authority, as the kingdom consolidated the recovery of its COVID-battered travel sector, reports CNA. Thailand welcomed about 40 million people in 2019, but then the pandemic hit and travel was decimated as nations tightened border […]Continue Reading

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Jamaica witnesses record tourist arrivals for October

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Friday, 18 November 2022, 2:00 PM 453

Jamaica tourism sector is on track for record arrivals for the month of October 2022, surpassing pre-pandemic levels. According to Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, preliminary figures released by the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) for the first three weeks of October, show stopover visitor arrivals of 123,514. This topped figures for the same period […]Continue Reading

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Tourists Are Back in Numbers, says Lindiwe Sisulu, South African Tourism Minister

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Friday, 2 September 2022, 2:36 PM 620

Lindiwe Sisulu, Tourism Minister, South Africa, said, “The South African tourism sector is poised for a tremendous bounce back and positive growth after the first half of the year (2022) figures show a staggering 147% in arrivals reaching an impressive 2,285,746.” Sisulu was speaking in Johannesburg during a media briefing where she presented the domestic […]Continue Reading

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Indonesia records 151.98% rise in tourist arrivals

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Tuesday, 5 April 2022, 1:45 PM 1182

Indonesia recorded 18,460 foreign tourist arrivals in February, an increase of 151.98 per cent compared to a year earlier and 21.91 per cent higher than in January, authorities said, reports IANS. According to data from the Ministry of Transportation, the main entry points include Bali’s I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, and Riau Islands’ two […]Continue Reading